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“Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship. ” -A. Philip Randolph
International Newsworthy
Brotherhood’s Erian Denounces Egypt Coup
Egypt Extends Detention of 8 Brotherhood Leaders
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Rocked by Youth Rebellion
Loyalists of Egypt’s Morsi Protest against New Cabinet
Riot Police Block Morsi Supporters from Marching on Tahrir Square
EU Calls for Morsi Release amid Protests
Riyadh Rushes to Support Egypt’s New Military Rulers
U.S. Suggests Egyptian Military May Have Averted Civil War
General Who Toppled Morsi Will Hold Three Jobs in Egypt’s New Government
Is Egypt Media Inciting Hatred Against Palestinians?
Egypt’s ‘Road Not Taken’ Could have Saved Mursi
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Hezbollah on Shaky Ground in Syria
Syria’s Nusra Front Tries to Show It’s a Different Kind of al-Qaeda
How War in Syria Turned These Ordinary Engineers Into Deadly Weapons Inventors
Jihadists Expelled from Flashpoint Kurdish Syrian Town, NGO Says
Syrian Kurds to Declare Autonomy from Damascus
Clashes Re-Erupt in Syria Between Al-Qaeda, Kurds
Syria Revolution Needs Solving Kurds Problem: Ahmad Jabra
Aleppo Governor: Over 100 Trucks Loaded with Supplies Arrived in Aleppo within Past 24 Hours
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Economists Launch Iran Anti-Sanctions Bid
Israel Cries ‘Wolf’, Iran Shrugs Off
Marines’ Afghan Open Burn Pits Questioned as Incinerators Stand Idle
Taliban Seize Villages in E Afghanistan
Karzai Signs Afghan Election Reforms into Law
Taliban Kill 8 Afghan Workers en Route to US Base
4 Policemen Killed in N. Afghan Checkpoint Attack
Taliban Office Plot to Break up Afghanistan: Karzai Aide
NATO Aircraft Again Violate Pakistani Airspace
US Needs a New Drone Deal with Pakistan: Report
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HRW Urges Turkey to End ‘Incorrect, Unlawful’ Teargas Use, Cites Victims
Turkey: Protests Can’t Alter Ankara’s Syria Policy
The Islamization of Turkey’s Foreign Ministry
3 Killed, 21 Wounded in Mosul
After Election Rout, Kurds Lament Loss of Power in Diyala
Chilcot Inquiry Presses for Release of Iraq War Documents
Iraq’s Sex Trade Thrives
US to Sit Israel on UN Security Council
Al-Qaeda Yemen Branch Says No 2 Killed in US Drone Strike
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China Sends Infantry Troops to Africa
Libyan Minority Groups Say Will Boycott Constitution Vote
French General Says EU Mali Mission Should Be Extended
Morocco’s Cabinet Crisis
Ethiopia: Political Opposition Rises Again
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New Reef Rift Hits China-Philippines Ties
China in $5 Billion Drive to Develop Disputed East China Sea Gas
Russian Court Convicts Activist Navalny
Georgia: NATO Trains Arab Partners at Mountain Training Center
Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan: Water Dispute Highlights Potential for Conflict
Baku ‘Welcomes’ Solutions on Karabakh
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UK Police Supply Target Information for NATO ‘Kill List’
Britain’s Chemical Sales to Syria Revealed
UK Sells Arms to Own Listed Despots
Germany Denies Military Knew about PRISM
Itching to Ask: What Does Merkel Know About NSA Surveillance?
Italy Storm over Expulsion of Kazakh Dissident’s Family
Berlusconi Shadow Hangs over Europe
20,000 U.S. Troops Descend On Australia for Military Exercise
Is Canada’s Oil Charm Offensive Yesterday’s News?
National Newsworthy
Obama Wins Back the Right to Indefinitely Detain under NDAA
Appeals Court Ruling Upholding NDAA Indefinite Detentions
Obama’s ‘Insider Threat’ Policy Equates Whistleblowers, Spies, and Terrorists
Driving Somewhere? There’s a Government Record of That
Presidential ‘Blank Check for War’ Wielded Thirty Times, and Counting
‘America Has NO Functioning Democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSA
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NSA Reveals Even Greater Surveillance Scope
The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People’s Data than Previously Revealed
PRISM Part of Broader NATO Initiative?
Microsoft Hits Out at NSA Reports and Obama Justice Department
Bush-Cheney Illegal NSA Spying Began Before 9/11, Telecom CEO Claims
Google Experimenting with Anti-NSA Encryption
Russia to Rise Above Squabbling Over Snowden, Putin Says
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US Military Spending Lapping at Historic Highs, Not Lows
Pentagon Wants More Regular Testing After Failed Missile Test
Freelance Reporters Train in Combat Zone First Aid
Military Took No Action against A Third of All Sexual Assault Suspects in 2010 Closed Cases
How the CIA Copied James Bond’s Gadgets
Colorado Town Considers Hunting Licenses for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Bounties for Drones
Asset Forfeiture, the Cash Cow for the Drug War
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GOP Links IRS Counsel’s Office to Targeting Bias
IRS Employees Ordered to Send Tea Party Cases to IRS’s Only Obama Political Appointee
K Street Lobbyists storm Capitol Hill Offices to Rescue Tax Breaks
Israel is Samantha Power’s First Priority in Opening Statement to Congress
US Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against CIA over Scientist’s Death
Judge Refuses to Drop Charge of Aiding the Enemy Against Manning
Liz Cheney-Founded Neocon Group Quietly Scrubbed From the Internet
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US Refineries Are Running At High Levels
Deadline Postponed for Mandatory Reporting on Americans with Foreign Bank Accounts
Mega Banks Go After Credit Unions
Something Amiss with Retail Sales Numbers
Bernanke: Bond Tapering to Begin Later This Year, but Plan Not Preset
Bernanke Plays Down Link Between Jobless Rate, Fed Moves
Noteworthy Editorials
Andrew Gavin Marshall: Banking on Influence With Bank of America
Washington’s Blog: Are “Professional” Politicians the Problem?
Stephen Lendman: Snowden- Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Paul Pillar: The Arabs’ Spring and Our Mindset
NSA is More Than Just a Spy Network
The “Unnatural Death” of David Kelly, Ten Years On: A Spectacular Failure of Political Accountability
Journalism on Trial as Bradley Manning Case Nears Moment of Truth
The Quicksand of Self-Deception
Mr. Netanyahu’s Ultimate Sin
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Video Report- How to Boycott Big Tech
Video: Corbett Report-War Games, David Kelly, Drug Deaths – New World Next Week
BFP Podcast: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “Egypt: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution”
Podcast 1: Corbett Report-Douglas Valentine on Ellsberg and the CIA
Podcast 2: Peter B. Collins Show-NSA Spooks Give 3-Hop Spin on Capitol Hill
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